We certainly made the most of the first sunny day in Bled. After getting up early to squeeze in some school we headed to Lake Bohinj for a morning horse ride for M&D whilst we tried (unsuccessfully) to keep up on foot, enjoying the spectacular alpine scenery and sheer beauty of the place. Bob managed to navigate back to our campsite for a quick bbq lunch then we headed to the island on Lake Bled with Roger rowing and M&D helping with a little steering a...

We survived the storm last night but with the wind still roaring everyone seemed grateful for a morning to catch up on some schoolwork and then treat ourselves to an afternoon at the local (indoor) waterpark - the slides to ourselves and a rock-climbing wall above the pool meant the afternoon whizzed by and fingers crossed for slightly better weather tomorrow.

Well luckily the snow hadn't settled and we were able to continue our cave explorations this morning - firstly to go and see some cave creatures and learn about how they have managed to survive in these caves. The olm (Proteus anguinus) seems to be the most famous - also described as the cave salamander - and it was fascinating to see it but we were not queueing up to buy any of the cuddly teddy versions of this human/fish/lizard creature - its's not really the ...

We left behind our little piece of paradise on Pag early this morning and headed for the ferry and then North into Slovenia looking for somewhere to spend our last few Kuna on the way and resorting to the "restaurant of last resort". It was freezing cold and pouring with rain - the weather forecast that had looked unbelievable as we sat on the beach yesterday appeared to be true - the temperature had dropped over 10 degrees over night and there appeared to be th...

For the Easter Weekend, we decided to base ourselves at Camping Simuni on the island of Pag. We were extremely lucky with our "paradise pitch" as were right on the beach. Most of our time was spent on the beach or swimming in the sea. The sunsets with a cheeky beer were a perfect end to each day. The children also made costumes (Daniel an egg and Megan a chicken) for the Easter show and later performed on the stage. Essentially all the kids from various ...